Vulnerability CVE-2006-3785
Published: 2006-07-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Symantec pcAnywhere 12.5 obfuscates the passwords in a GUI textbox with asterisks but does not encrypt them in the associated .cif (aka caller or CallerID) file, which allows local users to obtain the passwords from the window using tools such as Nirsoft Asterwin.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
PcAnywhere > 12 Local Privilege Escalation
root digitalbull...
25.07.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Symantec -> Pcanywhere 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1261
http://www.digitalbullets.org/?p=3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440448/100/0/threaded
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